Government and other reports

Notes:

The names of groups that serve as authors (corporate authors) are usually written out each time they appear in a text reference.

When appropriate, the names of some corporate authors are spelled out in the first reference and abbreviated in all subsequent citations. The general rule for abbreviating in this manner is to supply enough information in the text citation for a reader to locate its source in the reference list without difficulty.

If the issuing organization assigned a number (e.g. report number, contract number, monograph number) to the report, give that number in parentheses immediately after the title. Do not italicise the report number.

In most cases the author will be a corporate author.

Where the report has one or more personal authors, see the example under Research report/Discussion paper, below.

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development & Victorian Curriculum Assessment Authority. (2011). Victorian early years learning and development framework: For all children from birth to eight years. Melbourne, Australia: Author.

Note: The word ‘Author’ is used as the publisher when the author and publisher are the same

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2015). Emergency department care 2014-15: Australian hospital statistics (Health Services Series Number 65). Retrieved from http://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129553618